Everyone on this list has until February 5, 2014 to get their cars in for Albuquerque.

Also, if you don't get your cars in by the third race of the season (Utah), that's three strikes and you're out, and your entry will be removed from the full-time roster, so don't lollygag too much if you want to participate this season.)

19 CARS TO TAKE THE GREEN FLAG @ DAYTONA FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL PRO CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

In what is sure to be an exciting day in late model competition, 19 teams and drivers have shown up to Daytona International Speedway for the first race of the newly minted National Pro Cup Championship. 25 teams have been signed on the full-time roster, but six of those teams did not show up for Daytona, reportedly due to still preparing their race cars.

ERIC DERENBERGER: It's sucks that not all the teams that are on the roster are here, but they are still trying to get their cars and teams put together, so that's understandable. Hopefully, they'll be able to shown up at Albuquerque in a month's time, but the show must go on, as they say.

Michaels and Takita not amused with finishMichaels as he got out of his car, just sighed as he finished 16th. Takita just punched the car in anger as she walked to the RV with Michaels. She finished last.

Aubrey Wood: My team was telling me not to push the car too hard all race, but I wasn't really listening! (laughs) I took the entry to turn 5 too wide, and I couldn't keep it from spinning without swinging wide into the wall. But I didn't wreck the car and we still got a top 5! I love that I've started the season on a good note, and I want to do even better at Albuquerque!

Betty Cox: "First race, first top 10, can't ask for a better day then that."

Jennifer Duke: "I accept the penalty, that was a really dumb move on my part, so I just want to say sorry to Andrea-Lynn [Caldwell] for hitting her and putting her pit crew at risk. Never really found the grove with this race track so hopefully next race will be better."

LeBoeuf has engine issues at Daytona - Vinny LeBoeuf's Stock car debut went awry fast as the Toronto native lost a cylinder on the start. This left LeBoeuf in 18th place out of 19 cars and way back in points early on, the ex-Formula Gasnier star said his experience was fun, but at the same time frustrating.. But he also thinks it will be so much better in few weeks in New Mexico.

There are now two more spots available since Leckliter pulled his entries.

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LeBoeuf has engine issues at Daytona - Vinny LeBoeuf's Stock car debut went awry fast as the Toronto native lost a cylinder on the start. This left LeBoeuf in 18th place out of 19 cars and way back in points early on, the ex-Formula Gasnier star said his experience was fun, but at the same time frustrating.. But he also thinks it will be so much better in few weeks in New Mexico.

There are now two more spots available since Leckliter pulled his entries.

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In their debut for Michael Brown Racing in the NPCC, Parker Whitten and Roy Warren both appeared to be evenly matched. That is, until Warren suffered engine issues during the final stint of the race. The driver of the 99 had been running solidly around tenth--and his teammate Whitten--before what appeared to be a voltage problem hit the Snap-On Saar. Warren soldiered home, finishing eighteenth.

His teammate, Parker Whitten, had a less eventful day, although he was nearly taken out when the 71 spun off his front bumper. Despite this, Whitten brought his Zoopy Juice 34 home in eighth, a solid debut.

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The Macena Motorsports cars finished their debuts in the NPCC Zombie Survival Kits 200k at Daytona with a mid-pack finish. Aoi Mizushima finished 7th, after qualifying 6th, Isabella Macena finished the race in the 13th position after starting in the 5th position.After the race both were interviewed by an reporter:

REPORTER: Isabella how do you feel about dropping from the 5th position to the 13th?

ISABELLA: Well, I was predicting a mid-pack finish, since I'm not the best on the road courses, and in the pits we lost a couple of positions, so for my first race, finishing is already awesome.

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REPORTER: Aoi Mizushima, how do you feel after finishing on the Top 10?

MIZUSHIMA: Well, I am very pleased with this result, the way that we raced in Daytona was really good, glad that I wasn't involved in any incident and I'm happy about finishing a race with my nose clean. Now I'll see if I can get a good result in Albuquerque.

After the race was announced that the cars that Macena Motosports brought to Daytona were in the reality test cars with their test liveries, and they will bring the final versions of both cars on the next race, at the Albuquerque Speedbowl.

Chattanooga-based late model team Culpeper Motorsports announced via their Twitter account that they will soon be joining the National Pro Cup Championship in the near future. The team has competed sparingly at various short tracks in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic since the late 1990s; Their regular driver, Jeremy Bradberry, is expected to be part of the operation.

However, some pundits have expressed doubts about the team's ability to compete the full remainder of the season. WMVU motorsports correspondent Michael Burton wrote on his whatthefarc.com website that "Culpeper's been pretty mediocre wherever they've run, and they don't seen to have much cash behind them... I'm hearing they probably will skip Bethesdaring and maybe Austin, and might not even make it to the end of the season."

The team was not present at Daytona or Albuquerque, reportedly due to still needing to finish building cars. They are expected to make their first appearance at either Pikes Peak or Long Beach.

Jennifer Duke: "I started 22nd due to a bonehead move on my part at Daytona and I was in 5th when I get taken out by that idiot in the 24. We came back to rally 11th, so we most likely passed the most cars out of everybody on the track today, but damn it all, I'm a rookie and I want to show my potential but these past 2 weeks I have nothing to show for it. Daytona for me sucked and I hit a car on the pit lane that resulted in a penalty which I understood, but we were lower half of the field, and now I get taken out running 5th, what the hell is the matter with some people, it's like nobody knows how to drive on ovals."

Betty Cox: "First off, I want to say sorry to Quackman, I was told to get back in line from where I got spun but that wasn't the correct information and I drove straight through him. Wanted to do well with the point leader being out early and utilize my 6th place Daytona finish to my advantage, but it wasn't meant to be I guess cause I hit the wall, other cars, got into about 3 wrecks or so, basically putting it I hit just about everything one person can hit in a race, but I understand the penalty, why I got it and we will hopefully rebound at Pikes Peak."

Isabella Macena was clearly happy after her 2nd race in the Albuquerque Speedbowl in a race that she was the runner-up to Erik Draachreider.

"Well, is a awesome day, I wanna thank my pit crew, because without them I wouldn't be in this position, I also want to thank my family and brother Gabriel for supporting me and giving me this opportunity, and now we just head to Pikes Peak.", spoke Isabella after the race

The same speech didn't worked for Aoi Mizushima, as she 7th after being spinned around by Parker Whitten, after the race she got out of her car and punched Whitten, that was inside of his car, being hold by Isabella Macena, and her pit crew before the things scalated even more. Mizushima pit crew also almost started a fight with Whitten's crew after the incident.

" There's some ******** not using their ******* heads out there, now I got a penalty because that idiot (Whitten) spun me around when I was on the top 5. Then I had to recover all that positions, and it wasn't enough!" spoke out a really mad Aoi Mizushima.

After the race Aoi Mizushima received a penalty for agressive driving and will start in the rear at Pikes Peak. On the Championship standings, Isabella Macena sits 5th and Aoi Mizushima sits 6th heading to Pikes Peak.

Parker Whitten started near the front at Albuquerque after scoring a top ten on debut at Daytona. Whitten quickly moved towards the front, running as high as second at one point. However, he would fall back into traffic. While trying to work his way forwards, Whitten made contact with Aoi Mizushima off of turn four, spinning the driver of the 64 around. Whitten would go on to finish ninth after being involved in two more incidents. There was a confrontation between the two young drivers, with punches being thrown by Mizushima.

When asked about the post-race altercation, Whitten responded, "I don't know what her problem is. I was trying to apologize, but I guess some people aren't too apologetic."

A follow-up question was asked about the altercation itself and Whitten's reaction. All he had to say was, "I don't hit girls. Especially if they're not worth the energy used to throw one."

Whitten will start Pike's Peak from the rear of the field.

Roy Warren, teammate to Whitten, had a much more relaxing race, although nearly causing an incident himself. Despite running at the back early on, Warren avoided all the carnage and worked his way to a fifth place finish, a rebound after issues dropped him off the pace at Daytona. Warren was unavailable for an interview, however a Twitter post was seen soon after the race praising his team for the finish they helped him score.

Sometimes, perseverance can get you a just as good of a finish in racing as a fast car. In today's National Pro Cup Championship race at the Albuquerque Speedbowl, Rochester Hills, MI-native Nick Van Gilder had both.

Van Gilder qualified in the 19th position, far worse than he did at Daytona in February, and the start of his day quickly got worse. On lap 23 of the 100-lap race, he was turned around by Daytona-winner Chuck Johnson, and was hit by two other cars. 11 laps later, he was caught up in another incident involving Gianni Corelli and Vinny Leboeuf. Despite the setbacks, Van Gilder was able to make his way up into the front-running pack of three other cars, and remain there until the end of the race.

His crew chief said after the race; "Neither of those incidents really hurt the car, it just bent the sheet metal some. We got pretty lucky. We made some changes to the car under the yellows, and Nick said the car became much easier to drive than it had been all weekend."

Van Gilder finished the race in third place, although he near-wrecked Zach Gott to advance from fourth. He was given a warning by the series officials for the incident. Van Gilder stated after the race that he was not upset at Chuck Johnson for the lap 23 accident. "I almost did the same thing to Gott. Sometimes we can make silly mistakes."

Vinny LeBoeuf - The incedent with Mr Van Glider was unfortunate, i was honestly looking down at my gauges. I am sorry I ran into and starting in the back is an acceptable punishment. Other then that I had a good car, it was one of the best cars I've had infact! I am thankfull for the prep the Boulderfist crew put in after Daytona's dissapointment, and we're off to Pike's Peak now. I love that track!